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My Food Bag appears to be standing by its chairman Kevin Roberts after he was put on leave by Saatchi & Saatchi for his controversial comments about gender diversity.

Roberts is on leave from his position as chairman of the global advertising company after he told the Business Insider he did not spend any time on gender issues at his agencies at all, and that the issue was "way worse in sectors like financial services", where there are "problems left, right and centre".

When the publication remarked how the gender diversity debate raged on within the advertising industry he responded with: "Not in my view."

Roberts was appointed chairman of the Australasian food delivery service My Food Bag in March 2015 and joined his former Telecom colleague Theresa Gattung in the company.

"There are many women on our senior leadership team with a 60:40 female to male split across the business," Robinson said.

"In addition to this, My Food Bag has an all-female finance team. Our staff are employed based on competency, not gender."

My Food Bag announced a paid parental leave scheme this year that doubles the government's 18 weeks and provides and option for an additional 60 per cent of salary to be allocated to a spouse or partner whether that be mum or dad.